You are more likely to get sick during winter, so here are some expressions that, unfortunately, you might find useful at this time of year:
Catch means get, so catch a cold means get a cold. We can also say pick up a cold.
I caught a cold from my brother. I hope I don't give it to anyone.
I don't feel very well today, I think I have picked up a cold.
When we become sick we say have come down with a cold.
He won't be joining us today because he's come down with a cold.
I must be coming down with a cold, I can't stop sneezing.
When we get over a cold or illness we recover and regain our health.
I can't seem to get over this cold, I've had it for nearly a week now.
When we have to take medicine for a medical problem, we say we are on medication.
He's been on medication for his bad stomach for a few weeks.
You shouldn't drink alcohol when you are on medication.
This idiom is used when we are not feeling well.
I'm feeling under the weather today, perhaps I should go home.
Feeling very, very sick.
I was sick as a dog all weekend, I just stayed in bed.
When you look sick or very tired, you look like death warmed up.
Why have you come to work today, you look like death warmed up? You should go straight home!
When you feel or look very sick you are at death's door. It is often used as an exaggeration, you do not need to be dying to use it.
Poor James is at death's door, he's been sick all week.
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